Claremont Obituaries

Great-grandfather, longtime Mt. SAC professor, traveler Much loved husband, father, grandfather, Kenneth C. Irvine died February 11 at age 87 at Mammoth Lakes Hospital. He was a cancer survivor. He was born in Deadwood, South Dakota. his family moved to Los Angeles in his early years. Ken lived with his wife, Edyth, and raised a […]

Edward Brant was born August 1, 1933 in Columbus, Ohio. He died April 21 in Rancho Cucamonga.

Ardon Alger was born on April 17, 1946, in Whittier, California. His interest in photography was apparent by high school, where he became the photo editor of the yearbook.

John David Alexander III, 62, of Bomoseen, Vermont, died peacefully at home on May 3, 2022, after a valiant fight against head and neck cancer.

Great-grandmother, 31-year Claremont McKenna College employee. Mary Margaret Schuster Anderson was born April 3, 1949 in Montebello, California. She died on Monday, April 10, 2023 at age 74.

Virginia (Samples) Gillette, loving wife, and mother of three daughters, died at the age of 96 on Thursday, March 23.

Jo Ann Toothaker, of Claremont, died peacefully on Sunday, March 19. Jo Ann was born in Upland on August 16, 1934. She was raised in Ontario and graduated from Chaffey High School in 1952.

John “Jack” Monroe died Friday, March 31 at home in Claremont. He had been in declining health for the past six months.

Dr. Raymond Kay Brown, a 20-year resident of Pilgrim Place retirement community in Claremont, died March 14 at Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center, three days after his 87th birthday.

Roger Alan Shervington died peacefully in his sleep on the morning of March 17 at Claremont Care Center in Pomona at the age of 74.

James M. Chick, loved by his wife Karen Reza Chick; his daughter Angela “Angie” Anderson (spouse Mark); his son James “Jimmy” Chick (spouse Christina); his five grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, and a wonderful universe of friends, died peacefully March 7 after an extended struggle with dementia.

Mary Lou Scott (Wagner), a 77-year resident of Claremont, died March 4, just a few weeks shy of her 97th birthday. She was a great light in her family’s life and was affectionately known as “Boo.”

Frank Cookingham died from heart failure at Pomona Valley Hospital on February 8 at the age of 81.

Sarita Uglow Comyns died March 3 in Claremont at the age of 103, just 12 days shy of her 104th birthday.

Hal Haynes was born April 21, 1933 on a farm in rural North Carolina and died peacefully, without pain, at home in Claremont at the age of 89 on July 18, 2022. The cause of death was heart failure. He was the youngest of seven siblings, who all preceded him in death.

Robert Paul Bicker, born June 5, 1930 to Ruth and Ralph Bicker in Pasadena, died March 3 at age 92.